From: Michael Goldshteyn (mgoldshteyn_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-11-18 09:00:49
"Bruno Martínez" <br1_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:op.s0exlge3551aze_at_yoda...
>On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 12:32:59 -0200, Michael Goldshteyn
><mgoldshteyn_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>
>> You cannot forward declare a type used as a value for vector.
>
>Yes, I know. However, not fully using such instantiation, as is the case,
>seems somewhat less wrong.
>
>Another way to solve the problem is using an auxiliar class, vectorAction,
>which is forward declared at the beginning. It's definition,
>
>class vectorAction {
> vectorAction(std::vector<Action>& ref) : value(ref) {}
> std::vector<Action>& value;
>};
>
>is put as the last thing. All uses of vector<Action>& are then changed
>for vectorAction. Does this work?
Now we're "cooking with gas." This may be the trick I need to get around it.
By wrapping a vector of actions in another class, I can just forward declare
that class and not have dependencies on actions or vectors of actions.
Thanks,
Michael Goldshteyn
P.S. I am still interested in other alternative approaches to this, if
anybody can come up with one.